Following a special joint session involving the city council and county commission to discuss resuming SPLOST 10 negotiations, the Eatonton City Council held its regularly scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. Monday in the county administration building, which is located alongside Hwy. 441, north of downtown.
After a brief, private executive session to discuss real estate matters, the first public action by the council was to unanimously approve working with Georgia Power to install two electric vehicle charging stations in a small parking lot adjacent to Eatonton’s popular City Center Stage.
City Administrator Gary Sanders explained to the council that Georgia Power would cover all costs of installing and maintaining the charging stations and had applied for a 10-year operating term. Sanders said that if approved, Georgia Power would have the charging stations operational by the end of this year.
The request was unanimously approved.
Next, the council unanimously approved a Juneteenth parade permit for June 21, which, as Sanders pointed out, falls two days earlier on a Thursday. The parade is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
Also approved was an Eatonton Main Street initiative to encourage local citizens and businesses to participate in an Adopt-A-Planter program for downtown Eatonton.
Sanders explained that participants would select and buy plants from an approved list at Hickory Hill Farms (609 Old Phoenix Rd., Eatonton) and then commit to maintaining their chosen planter for at least 12 months.
Following a brief discussion over responsibility for care and watering (Sanders said the city would continue its regular watering schedule), the planter project received unanimous approval.
Eatonton Main Street will soon release more details.